Summary

With an eye on the future and a finger on the pulse of today's rapid changes due to global competition, this straightforward, state-of-the-art guide addresses the key issues, concerns, and factors relating specifically to modern workplace environments in the safety and health professions. Highly functional in content and approach, it draws immediate connections between principles and their practices in real-world settings, includes the latest OSHA standards, and approaches safety and health issues from the perspective of Total Quality Management (TQM) and global competitiveness.

Features

Easy-to-use checklist format.

Provides students with essential information in an accessible format.

Safety Facts boxed material.

Provides students with highlighted sections of important concepts.

Current safety and health workplace environments.

Provides students with detailed discussions and occupational examples on current topics of interest and concern.

Extensive pedagogy--Chapter outlines that provide a list of major topics discussed in the chapter; Summary; Review Questions; Key Terms and Endnotes that encourage critical thinking.

Keeps students engaged with interactive study aids and vehicles for review of material so that they can gain experience in applying concepts to meaningful activities.

Real-life safety examples.

Gives students a realistic look at health and safety issues they will face on the job, better preparing them for prevention or correction.

Safety Myth boxes.

Provides students with information that refutes commonly held myths.

Facts and Fines feature.

Shows students what can happen when OSHA and EPA regulations are violated.

Provides students with the latest standards in addressing current issues.

Reorganized and revised to facilitate learning.

Provides students with additional information presented in a reader-friendly format.

Training issues for speakers of English as a second language.

Provides students with necessary safety and health training.

Preventing and responding to needlestick injuries.

Provides students with additional material on bloodborne pathogens in the workplace.

Accident and investigation reporting updates.

Provides students with material on the types of accident reports and the circumstances that call for each type, as well as common causes of accidents that safety and health professionals can use when conducting accident investigations.

With an eye on the future and a finger on the pulse of today's rapid changes due to global competition, this straightforward, state-of-the-art guide addresses the key issues, concerns, and factors relating specifically to modern workplace environments in the safety and health professions. Highly functional in content and approach, it draws immediate connections between principles and their practices in real-world settings, includes the latest OSHA standards, and approaches safety and health issues from the perspective of Total Quality Management (TQM) and global competitiveness.

Features

Easy-to-use checklist format.

Provides students with essential information in an accessible format.

Safety Facts boxed material.

Provides students with highlighted sections of important concepts.

Current safety and health workplace environments.

Provides students with detailed discussions and occupational examples on current topics of interest and concern.

Extensive pedagogy--Chapter outlines that provide a list of major topics discussed in the chapter; Summary; Review Questions; Key Terms and Endnotes that encourage critical thinking.

Keeps students engaged with interactive study aids and vehicles for review of material so that they can gain experience in applying concepts to meaningful activities.

Real-life safety examples.

Gives students a realistic look at health and safety issues they will face on the job, better preparing them for prevention or correction.

Safety Myth boxes.

Provides students with information that refutes commonly held myths.

Facts and Fines feature.

Shows students what can happen when OSHA and EPA regulations are violated.

Provides students with the latest standards in addressing current issues.

Reorganized and revised to facilitate learning.

Provides students with additional information presented in a reader-friendly format.

Training issues for speakers of English as a second language.

Provides students with necessary safety and health training.

Preventing and responding to needlestick injuries.

Provides students with additional material on bloodborne pathogens in the workplace.

Accident and investigation reporting updates.

Provides students with material on the types of accident reports and the circumstances that call for each type, as well as common causes of accidents that safety and health professionals can use when conducting accident investigations.

Summary

With an eye on the future and a finger on the pulse of today's rapid changes due to global competition, this straightforward, state-of-the-art guide addresses the key issues, concerns, and factors relating specifically to modern workplace environments in the safety and health professions. Highly functional in content and approach, it draws immediate connections between principles and their practices in real-world settings, includes the latest OSHA standards, and approaches safety and health issues from the perspective of Total Quality Management (TQM) and global competitiveness.

Features

Easy-to-use checklist format.

Provides students with essential information in an accessible format.

Safety Facts boxed material.

Provides students with highlighted sections of important concepts.

Current safety and health workplace environments.

Provides students with detailed discussions and occupational examples on current topics of interest and concern.

Extensive pedagogy--Chapter outlines that provide a list of major topics discussed in the chapter; Summary; Review Questions; Key Terms and Endnotes that encourage critical thinking.

Keeps students engaged with interactive study aids and vehicles for review of material so that they can gain experience in applying concepts to meaningful activities.

Real-life safety examples.

Gives students a realistic look at health and safety issues they will face on the job, better preparing them for prevention or correction.

Safety Myth boxes.

Provides students with information that refutes commonly held myths.

Facts and Fines feature.

Shows students what can happen when OSHA and EPA regulations are violated.

Provides students with the latest standards in addressing current issues.

Reorganized and revised to facilitate learning.

Provides students with additional information presented in a reader-friendly format.

Training issues for speakers of English as a second language.

Provides students with necessary safety and health training.

Preventing and responding to needlestick injuries.

Provides students with additional material on bloodborne pathogens in the workplace.

Accident and investigation reporting updates.

Provides students with material on the types of accident reports and the circumstances that call for each type, as well as common causes of accidents that safety and health professionals can use when conducting accident investigations.